# "Wordle," a strangely compelling word game (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 19, 2024, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451 "2024-11-19T10:57:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 262
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5221 "2025-11-04T17:14:08Z")
Wordle 1,599 3/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 BUYER TOQUE VENUE ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5222 "2025-11-04T17:20:54Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > > [@Gordon\_G](#): > > > > It was only a two weeks ago that Rebo told me that most plurals and -s verb inflections were never used. Was/Is that published as part of Wordle instructions? Is it wrong to use that knowledge? > > I didn’t see anything in Wordle’s β€œHow to play” or β€œTips and Tricks” pages that mention this specifically. But it seems to be almost a universal rule of word games with a fixed size or minimum length that words ending in S are not used. (I’m not sure that even needs to be spoilered, it’s so common.) If you play Spelling Bee, you’ll notice that you rarely see one there. It’s really not so much a rule as a guideline, to keep constructors from being lazy (IMHO). And since players eventually notice that constructors tend to follow it, they get wise. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5223 "2025-11-04T21:38:48Z")
Wordle 1,599 3/6\* ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNIDE VENGE What the hell is VENGE? I meant to type VENUE, dammit. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5224 "2025-11-04T23:08:02Z")
Wordle 1599 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLANT CHORE GIMPY VENUE ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5225 "2025-11-05T00:15:06Z")
A frequency table for the first 1600 games of Wordle (0-1599), showing the number of times each letter of the alphabet has appeared in solutions so far, spoilered just in case there are players who’d rather not see it. No big surprises, really. | E | 869 | | --- | --- | | A | 704 | | R | 627 | | O | 544 | | T | 536 | | L | 495 | | I | 450 | | S | 433 | | N | 405 | | C | 322 | | U | 304 | | H | 288 | | D | 272 | | Y | 257 | | P | 244 | | M | 216 | | G | 213 | | B | 186 | | F | 159 | | K | 141 | | W | 129 | | V | 106 | | X | 31 | | Z | 28 | | Q | 22 | | J | 19 | ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5226 "2025-11-05T04:22:50Z")
Yesterday’s: > **Wordle 1,598 3/6\* 11/3/2025** > > ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ > ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > R_A_BID β†’ Slow start, but I can do a very popular first word second here > SL_A_T **E** β†’ So I pretty much have to have a leading A, and when I look at A???E I see nothing for several minutes, and then it hits me > **AWOKE** > > Did this one on my phone. Scoredle takes the same second guess, but then goes off into the weeds when it seems like (to me) there’s but one nonbogus word left, save for a few Latinate plurals. It does finish with a par. Today’s: > **Wordle 1,599 4/6\* 11/4/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 > ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 > 🟨🟩🟨⬜🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > AWOK **E** β†’ The three most common vowels makes this a not-bad starting word, though ATONE might be preferred. Taking three of those missing WoFcons makes me try > TRI_N_ **E** β†’ So that’s something. I played around with ways to get another E and a U in there and via trial and error hit on > _N_ **E** _U_M **E** β†’ So, moving the U and N into their proper places gives us ?ENUE which means > **VENUE** > > Despite my rather dubious tactics on the third guess, I’m happy with my par. (I have no shame) Scoredle has a second guess that’s IMHO better than mine, but it makes no progress with its next two guesses, settling for a bogey after it misses a 50-50 putt for par. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5227 "2025-11-05T04:44:57Z")
Wordle 1,600 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 AUDIO POESY SHORT ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5228 "2025-11-05T05:33:58Z")
Wordle 1,600 2/6 🟨⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 RATIO SHORT A little birthday luck ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5229 "2025-11-05T07:02:09Z")
Wordle 1,600 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5230 "2025-11-05T08:09:23Z")
**Wordle 1,600 4/6 β€” Wed 05 Nov 2025-11-05** πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 **STEAK** **COLIN** β€” _possibles are shoot short shout sport spout; but previous Wordles were shout sport spout; so remaining possibles are shoot short_ **SHOOT** **SHORT** ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5231 "2025-11-05T10:27:05Z")
Had I used my popular starter I would’ve had it in 1. Kicking myself. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5232 "2025-11-05T11:21:04Z")
Wordle 1,600 3/6\* πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ¨ πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Sitar Strut Short ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5233 "2025-11-05T12:14:04Z")
Wordle 1,600 2/6\* \begin{aligned} &\bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[silver,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt I} \bbox[yellow,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ &\bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt S} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt H} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt O} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt R} \bbox[lime,5px,border:1px solid black]{\texttt T} \\ \end{aligned} ! ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5234 "2025-11-05T12:24:01Z")
Wordle 1,600 4/6 β¬›β¬›β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¦ πŸŸ¦πŸŸ¦β¬›πŸŸ¦πŸŸ§ πŸŸ§β¬›πŸŸ§πŸŸ§πŸŸ§ 🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧 FIBER ROAST SPORT SHORT A good β€œfirst word second,” as SunUp would say, saved me the par. Interestingly, this would have been a tap-in birdie if I were a used-word devotee. I actually remembered SNORT having appeared, so I avoided that, thinking I had a 50/50 shot at three. Turns out SPORT has been used as well. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5235 "2025-11-05T12:54:56Z")
Wordle 1,600 5/6 πŸŸ©πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 STEAM POINT SCOUT SHOOT SHORT ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Gordon\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_G)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5236 "2025-11-05T13:47:36Z")
Wordle 1,600 3/6 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SLATE CHOIR SHORT After #1 I found nine not-yet-used words. None seemed to be a good β€œsleuth” so I asked Choir. I think I’ve used that word before, but I carefully selected it here: Of the nine fitting words, only Stunt/Stunk would be left unresolved. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5237 "2025-11-05T14:02:46Z")
Wordle 1,600 3/6\* 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SNIDE SCALY SHORT ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5238 "2025-11-05T14:05:21Z")
Damn back to back unassisted eagles!! Wordle 1,6 **01** 2/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 πŸŽ‡ πŸ˜‡ no Ai 🦘 ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5239 "2025-11-05T14:43:27Z")
Wordle 1,600 3/6 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 HEART SHIRT (no A so it couldn’t be SHART) SHORT ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451/5240 "2025-11-05T15:39:43Z")
> **Wordle 1,600 4/6\* 11/5/2025** > > ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ > 🟨🟨⬜🟨🟩 > 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 > 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 > > VENUE β†’ Whiff. A good first word second here is > _RO_A_S_ **T** β†’ Not bad. A little Jumble work gives us S?ORT, SNORT is out (as is, likely, SKORT) so I’ll try > **S** P **ORT** β†’ Came up a bit > **SHORT** > > H/T @Wheelz, to note that great minds think very alike today. Scoredle has a different (but anagrammatically the same) second word, and also misses the putt for birdie (and apparently the other word I eliminated after two is a valid Wordle word, though I think not a Wordle solution). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=261) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordle-a-strangely-compelling-word-game-part-3/1010451.md?page=263)